Why are you here?Well... Because Mandalorians are awesome, of course. I enjoy to costume as a Mando, but I like to enjoy the story aspect of my armor(s). Although, I'm still working on that bit. Usually keeps me occupied trying to iron out a good story to finally pick up and roll with. I try though, I try. Someday you'll see what exactly I've come up with.

I'd like to find a community of people that can just hang out, talk about Mandalorians, maybe talk in Mando'a, etc. People that enjoy Mandalorians just as much (or more, if possible) as I do; I might have found such a community.Things we can judge you for: For now, until I can get some half-decent writings up, you can observe pictures of my Mandalorian costumes, which are both WIPs (works in progress!);

Location:Aperture Science Cen- I mean, NYC. (I have a thing for Portal. Truly, it is unhealthy.)

Occupation:Amateur writer, English Major (Student)

Hobbies:VIDEO GAMEZZZZ, writing, being incredibly cynical and sarcastic, and... swimming, I suppose. I haven't done that in a while though, not since winter rolled around and Planet Earth mysteriously froze over. It's like Hoth over here, minus the snow and add a lot of really tall buildings.

Why are you here?I thought this was the Medbay. Oh Force, did I mistakenly wander into the clones' Barracks, again?

Things we can judge you for:Hmmmm. Well, I'm working on my own set of armor, but the entire project has been put on hiatus because I have nowhere to work in the winter. Other than that, I have some fanfiction on LJ... but its quality is questionable and I'm the KingQueen of melodrama.

Other than that, I have some fanfiction on LJ... but its quality is questionable and I'm the KingQueen of melodrama.

You found your way here! I don't know if you remember me, but I posted my Republic Commando fic on hug_clones/oya_manda as ramirezhikle. You left me some kick ass reviews. I squeed a little when I realized who you are! And I, too, do melodrama like it's my job. But I always loved your Ordo/Besany drabbles. *swoon*

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS! Enjoy your stay. <3

PS - I'm not even angry. I'm being so sincere right now. Even though you broke my heart and KILLED ME. :[

Other than that, I have some fanfiction on LJ... but its quality is questionable and I'm the KingQueen of melodrama.

You found your way here! I don't know if you remember me, but I posted my Republic Commando fic on hug_clones/oya_manda as ramirezhikle. You left me some kick ass reviews. I squeed a little when I realized who you are! And I, too, do melodrama like it's my job. But I always loved your Ordo/Besany drabbles. *swoon*

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS! Enjoy your stay. <3

PS - I'm not even angry. I'm being so sincere right now. Even though you broke my heart and KILLED ME. :[

OOOOOOO IT'S YOU!!!!

LMAO I'm so excited! I'm sorry I haven't left you any comments since then (I've been busy *sadface*) but I still follow your stories! I love them, I do.

Ordo/Besany makes me swoon like the little girl I am, inside. I need to pick that prompt table back up and finish it, post haste. (Probably after my upcoming finals though. They're about two-three weeks away.)

Subject: Re: You don't need to see my identification... YES YOU DO Sat May 02, 2009 6:49 am

Name: Desiree, though my online alias is usually Melfina(-chan), or if hyphens are forbidden, Melchinafan (which has a relatively amusing verbal-typo story to go with it)...though for here, I felt like making a name that's slightly more Mando-esque, and ended up with something that seems to me to be a whole lot like a direct translation. ^_^'

Age:20, gonna be 21 in a month and a half!

Location: Western US, in California's very own mini Bible Belt (Bakersfield...still can't believe I ended up moving here...at least I've made good friends)

Occupation: College student and sales associate at Spencer's Gifts

Hobbies: Arsty things, mostly. Oh, and nerdy stuffs, too.

Why are you here?In short, because I popped over to Daennika's DeviantArt profile and spotted this in her journal, so I figured "Hey...why not?" Not sure how frequent or infrequent I'll be. Probably closer to the latter.

The long bit of it being...well, I'm only recently converted. *storytime!* I didn't really have any recent memory of the Star Wars movies, so I agreed to watch Episodes IV and V with a friend and his brother. Here and there they did make comments on how awesome Boba Fett is, but when he actually showed up on screen...something clicked and I truely understood what they meant. Now, it just so happens that the guy I'm dating is a HUGE SW geek, so when I revealed my enthusiasm, he chuckled and suggested I'd love Mandalorians as a whole. He slowly educated me, and the more I learned, the more I loved. I'm only on the second book of RepCom, but have already fallen in love with the commandos, NULLs, and Skirata.

As for how I found Daennika...when my boyfriend was trying to show me pictures of female Mandalorian armor to show that I could have my own set if I wanted (which you can bet your sweet ass I do), we came across this picture. (This will lead to Daennika, I swear!) Now, I must'a been in some crack-like lack-of-sleep induced state, because I saw it as a comic-like drawing, with their poses ever-so-slightly different. And with a white background. (I don't know, man. I just don't know.) So I became determined to redraw it as I had seen it, so that I could show the world and all that jazz.

In my search of pretty pretty Mandalorian pictures on DeviantArt, I happened upon dear Daennika's picture! I commented about it, and gave her a (slightly shorter) rant about my newfound geekiness, and was greeted with a great level of warmth and acceptance I hadn't expected. Thus, Daennika earned quite a bit of my respect and made me really feel like I had been welcomed into the Mandalorian culture (b'aww, sentimentality), and I'm trying so very hard not to call her Dae'buir before asking if she won't mind it, because I don't know yet what sort of wrath I'd face if she got upset. What led me to checking her page recently and finding this site was her favoriting my latest work, which I found rather flattering (I'm a modest little thing), and was struck to give her another peek, and finally ended up here!

...Writing this has made me realize I haven't added her on DA, and don't know why. o_O *fixes that*

Things we can judge you for:My DeviantArt profile, for one, which is currently swarmed with my random Mando-related attempts. I'm still new to the wonder that is the Mandalorian culture, so there's a good chance I'll putz around like a fool for a long while (but I draw pretty pretty pictures, so that's okay...right?). I do like anime, and World of Warcraft, and other nerdy things that aren't quite as SW or sci-fi as this...but hey, from the little I wasn't too lazy to read, I'm not alone in that. Now, I should really get going and stop ranting, because I need to wake up for work in about three hours.

Subject: Re: You don't need to see my identification... YES YOU DO Sat May 02, 2009 9:35 am

Wayii! That's quite an introduction, Mel! Welcome!

A new convert, eh? For some reason I feel like we're a cult now. Awesome. Would your boyfriend also be interested in joining? Then you guys can both have fun!

Also, just as a warning, we have spoilers EVERYWHERE on the site. So be careful. I know the favorite book/favorite characters threads are rampant with them, and I think even this intro thread might have a couple of snippets. So yeah. Shield your Repcom-virgin eyes. (appropriate use of sunglasses emote!)